Improved boot-chimp



' in` Machines erence marked thereon.

i for crimping the leather for boots,

` i 4their tops by wwwa tang `dft/ lll mim.;

ABRAHAM OVERHOLT, or GARDENWLLE, PnNNsYL'vim-1,A.` Leners PaienrNo.. 90,016, darai Mq@ 411, 1 869. 'l

" IMPROVE!) hoor-calm?.

Vdenvillercounty of Bucks, and State of Pennsylvania,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements declare the following to.` be a full, true, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to theaccompanying drawing, and to letters and figures' of ref- The object of iny invention is provide a machine so as to save' much unnecessary time nd labor that is required to stretch them over the lasts, and at the same time do the work much more effectively than'by hand. v Q Figure 1 is a; perspective vierir of my invention. Attached to each side of the frame A1, near the cen.- tre, are the'two uprights 2, which are connected at the cross-piece?, f i Secured to the top ofthe frame' 1, are the two jaws A, just far enough apart to receive'the form'B, upon which the leather is stretched.

i Uponthe top of this form there are four clamps, at Y i equal distances from each other, .by meansof which the leather is held securely in its place, after having beendrawn taut. y

Extending downward vthrough the` cross-piece isv `the screw-redt, which isintended to strike the form y for Crimping Leather for Boots; and I` thoroughly pressed The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patient andimaking part of the same. 4

vvnearits centre, and then press it down as far as possiblev between the two jaws, and `hold it there while the leather isA being thoroughly pressed intofo'rm.

The two jawscan be made adjustable upon the frame, and in order to beV drawn nearer to and farther from each other, by means of the screw F, which connects the two together.

The mode of operating my machine is as follows:

The leather should be made soft and pliable by soakand then drawn taut, and secured `in position by means of the clamps E; The forni is then inserted .between to remain there sufficiently 'long to have the leather into the desired form. l

Having thus describedmy invention, What I claim, and desire tosecure by The adjustable jaws A,

in combination with the form B, clamps E, and `screw O, when all are arranged and combined in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

ABRAHAM OVERHOLT.

Letters Pat- Witnesses: y

A. P. Sonunz, GEORGE Lnsn.l

t all kinds of forms, they can ing in water, previous to being stretched upon the form, j

andl pressed down bythe screw 6, and allowed A provided with the screw F, 

